A day-care worker at a California facility has been fired and charged with child endangerment after coworkers reported she spiked toddlers’ sippy cups with sleeping medication.

The worker, 59-year-old Deborah Gratz, allegedly admitted to a co-worker that she added Sominex to the children’s cups to help put them to sleep, KION News reports. Kiddie Academy Childcare workers then fired her and contacted police.

My FOX 8 reports police have been somewhat hindered in their investigation because day-care workers poured the suspicious liquid down the sink after they called police. But on Monday, police arrested Mr. Grantz and charged her with child endangerment, KION News says.

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